Nadiawas in the chatroom with
Francesco Coco and has the record of the chat conversation with Coco. Some of
the answers in the chat will go on the other pages for further information, but
Nadia has the report of what he told his fans…

The chat and
Coco’s answers were full of surprise. There were some things he mentioned that
came as a surprise for us. Here are some…

♠One of the surprising
things that Coco said in the chat was that when he was little he was actually a
fan of Juventus, during the era of Michel
Platini and that his father used to take him to the stadium to watch the
games. A fan of his even “ordered” him to move to Juventus to play with the
Turin side, which is actually Milan’s biggest rival. Of course, it would
be great to see him in Juventus, unfortunately, he is still attached in
contract with Milan.

♠Did anyone know that
he’s actually a “cheeky” person? He makes you want to roll your eyes
and go, “HELLO?!?!?!” When someone asked him, “Where are you chatting
from?” he answered right away, “From the seat of SPORTAL!” (I
actually went “HELLO?!?!?!”). There was another time when he was asked if he
were to appear in the 2001 Players’ Calendar, then somehow he answered
with ANOTHER QUESTION (and he was supposed to answer a question!). He
replied (rather innocently, in my opinion), “Lo hannogià fatto?”
But when you can be cheeky as well as adorable… then, who cares?

♠It doesn’t seem that
Coco is a very much a school type of person. He was from aliceo
scientifico, a science school (which is good – he was able to finish
some years of loads of mathematics, chemistry and physics!). He also said that
he did averagely in school – which means in our dictionary not
good but not bad either– although school had actually taught
him maturity.

♠And would anyone
believe it that he can play a bit of the piano? Well, not much,
he said. But his ex-girlfriend used to play the pianoforte and
he could do it a little as well. Another bit that he plays is tennis.
He doesn’t play too often, though, because of the limitations of time in
his life. Well, bits of this and that aren’t too bad, actually!

♠But the most amazing
answer he gave us was a bit of his love story. Usually, celebrities
don’t like sharing stories like these… nonetheless he mentioned it.
Unfortunately for Coco (and fortunately for us, girls, his fans!) he once
had a serious fidanzata (girlfriend/fiancée) with whom his relationship
ended badly after a year. One might think he could never be serious,
especially after he admitted in the chat that “mi piacciono le donne”
(I like women!), with anyone.

♠Like many
men, he wants to be a father too one day, which may prove, once again,
that he’s actually up for some commitment. He even told his fans in the chat
what the children’s name would likely to be. They are: Francesco Jr. (How
creative, no?), Andrea and another one he still doesn’t know yet.

Oh, and, for those of you who are still wondering: “So
does he have a girlfriend or not?!” you may end your worries for now… he is
SINGLE… for the moment. One day, maybe he’ll find a girl he likes… (and many of
us hope it would be US!).

Comments from Nadia and Erin:

“Coco seems to be a very genial man and very sweet.
After chatting with him, I find him even more interesting and… highly
APPEALING! He might just be Serie A’s best heartthrob!” --Nadia

“I don’t believe any of Coco’s colleagues have
recently chatted with their fans online. Even when I just found out there was a
scheduled online chat with Coco, I felt respect for his personality. I regret I
hadn’t been able to join the chat because of…let’s just say, geographical
setbacks, but, even if I had been able to, I wouldn’t understand 90% of what
they were talking about there! Thank you, Nadia, for knowing Italian very
well!” --Erin